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I feel like I have to start over again. In Simone DeBeauvoir's "The Second Sex" she writes that "[a] man would never get the notion of writing a book on the peculiar situation of the human male. But if I wish to define myself, I must first of all say, ”I am a woman”;...

I want to start this post with a poem. Oh, I know, it's so pretentious, isn't it? But this is a great poem. I promise - “Hope” is the thing with feathers - Emily Dickinson “Hope” is the thing with feathers - That perches in the soul - And sings the tune without the...

Dear friends. Donald Trump will be our President in a few short weeks. No, this isn't a bad dream. Yes, things may get worse. No, we won't die unless there is a nuclear war. But that could always happen. Doesn't that make you feel better? I've written so much about...

Wells Fargo committed criminal fraud against its customers. For a thorough reporting of the insanity, I suggest reading Matt Levine's article. Employees of the bank opened 1.5 million bank accounts and applied for 500 thousand credit cards, using their customer's...

Writing seems simple - you sit down and let the words come out of you. Sometimes they flow easily, naturally. You have a thing to say and you know who your audience is. (You, gentle reader have always been my audience. I write for you even though 'they' say I should...

For over a decade, Mirriam has been railing against the injustices that frequent our courts. My piss n' vinegar boiled when I heard about the recent case, U.S. v. Annappareddy, and Mirriam graciously lent me space to rant and rave about prosecutorial misconduct....

In case you hadn't heard, last week I started a Political Action Committee called American Muslim Women. The name was easy - I wanted to make sure that everyone knew we were Americans first and foremost. That's the initial requirement. This group is pretty much...

I know I promised a post about politically correct talk and what it actually is - but I am going to be politically incorrect for a moment and talk to you about something that I really don't know how to express and maybe you can help me - why are we ok with ruining...

Once again I allowed you, dear reader, to dictate what the subject matter of today's blog post should be. I gave you many options and this week you picked that I should write about the absurdity of the law. This post could be very, very long. I spent a good deal of...

We lawyers love being fancy. We like our fancy words and phrases and we act like latin is our mother tongue. To be honest, we rarely use it, even in most legal writing since the style of today is down homey and casual. I know I try not to write so much like a lawyer...

I could write poetry for days about my mother. I've written many posts about her in this blog because she has been an enormous influence on my life. She was a woman who didn't leave her house after she was 10 without a burqa, she didn't go to school until she was...